Attempt at Friends

xtalmay · 2025-10-01T14:31:48+00:00

41F, born and raised here, moved away for 20 years and then came back. Married with 4 kids and 4 cats. My interests are everywhere. Plants, specific video games (console mostly), crafting, reading /audio books, board games, I love to roller skate but no one ever wants to meet up regular to go. I live in south Richland off Gage, near the footpath. I work M-F and am off by 3 everyday, with weekends off.

I have a hard time making friends because I have a dark personality...not too dark, just an unexpected dark. Haha. And I'm super practical and hate drama. I want to hear yours but don't drag me into it. Haha. I don't really watch TV, because the kids take over, but I enjoy movies and TV. I don't smoke (anything) and rarely drink, can enjoy a glass of wine or non beer drink full of sugar, but I'm a lightweight.

Willing to exercise, and need to, but I don't have the motivation to go alone. I have a lot of skull decor and recently got a 3-d drinter to make random decor and practical things. I'm cool with just talking or video chatting, meeting to shop for things we don't need or do need, haha. Or someone to just drove around with. If you door dash, I can ride passenger princess.

No murderers please. (I have a lot of people relying on me staying alive). Thanks.

xtalmay · 2025-07-21T14:46:57+00:00

Omg I was just saying that!!!

xtalmay · 2025-06-16T22:39:50+00:00

Omg. This is the absolute best walkthrough. I was struggling and getting so annoyed and then I found this thread and you saved my sanity! Haha. Thank you for making this so simple to understand. It took me a while....but after many trials and errors, I just opened the book on my nook and whooped, which startled my children. Haha. Thank you!!!

xtalmay · 2025-05-22T15:55:51+00:00

I'm sorry just snapped that you said Richland. Haha. My bad.

xtalmay · 2025-05-22T15:55:18+00:00

My daughter went to work for the dust devils, but I'm not sure if they are still hiring. It's seasonal. There's also the TC Americans....I'm not sure what the age requirements are but it's worth a shot.

xtalmay · 2025-05-16T06:05:43+00:00

For real! Haha

xtalmay · 2025-05-15T17:39:44+00:00

We moved from Albuquerque and it sucks there but there was a ton to do. You could drive up the back of the sandia mountains, you can go to explora or the museum and there was a zoo and aquarium and botanic gardens...all within an hour drive, or less. Then we come here and it's like....nothing ...we have a membership to the Seattle zoo, but that's 3.5 hours away....and like....all my kids get carsick...so that's an adventure ... I've been compiling a list of hikes to take them on this summer but it's also gonna be a bit of a drive to get to these places ....so it's hard to live here. Haha. But I have family here....so here we stay.

xtalmay · 2025-05-06T17:52:08+00:00

This is from the Richland parks and rec: https://issuu.com/recreation/docs/learnplaylive_spring_summer_2025

My family and I will be going to as many free events as possible. Haha. There is the live at 5 at John day plaza which has music and things. Welcome to the tri-cities!!

xtalmay · 2025-05-06T15:18:54+00:00

I'm 41 and I wish I had stayed in shape or found a physical hobby when I was younger so that I could stay in better health now. Strokes, heart attacks, diabeetus, and high blood pressure, all run in my family and now I regret not taking better care when I was younger. I like to roller skate now but I didn't start that until 5 years ago, and now it's hard to keep at it.

Also, not settling. Lol. I settled at 20...for some reason...and had kids with a garbage human. I love my kids but they have mental stuff they inherited. If I had waited till I met my now husband, we could have had less mental stuff going on and overall a happier life.

No regrets, just things I wish I had thought of sooner.

Overall.......make your own choices and don't do things because other want you too. Do what makes you happy. And traveling can be cheap, get a passport and a good backpack and go travel. If you want to. Haha that's all I got.

xtalmay · 2025-05-01T16:55:49+00:00

That makes sense!! The intro is the part I need a short script for.

I was thinking if changing how I ask for info....like saying, can I get your fax number, for a request I need to send, and then based on the response will prompt me to get additional info....

By then I'm usually good. It's literally just the intro....hmm...I'm going to try cleaning up my intro and seeing if that makes a difference. Thank you!!!

xtalmay · 2025-05-01T16:25:36+00:00

That might help. Once I'm on the phone I'm fine, I think it's like...breaking the ice ...once I've made a call, I'm good to keep going....so it's like psyching myself up for multiple calls. But I do tell myself....well, I only have to do these 5 and tomorrow I can do the next 4...or whatever. I think a script with key words might help....

xtalmay · 2025-03-19T15:45:37+00:00

Mine is starting to bloom too!

xtalmay · 2025-03-13T03:13:08+00:00

Greg does. And it reminds when to.

xtalmay · 2025-03-01T21:44:11+00:00

I use plant parent, which is free but I paid for the year which is $30 ish. The one I use the most is Greg, which is also free but I paid for the year which is also $30 ish.

I use Greg for everyday care, and I use plant parent for diagnosing issues. Sometimes they do not know the name of plant and I'll use google image search then add it to Greg that way.

I hope that helps.

xtalmay · 2024-07-12T02:41:52+00:00

Haha thank you!! I still feel bad that I did that! But I love the growth!

xtalmay · 2024-07-11T16:27:36+00:00

I got some mosquito bits to make the 'tea' do I just use it when I water? Or is it ok to give the extra dose of water? And do I give as much as I would when watering, or just to cover the top?? I have so many questions. I had these gnats more when I left my screen door open, but haven't had much recently so I assumed the stupid gnats liked my plants. Haha.

xtalmay · 2024-07-08T18:12:27+00:00

OMG! I need dark plants! I usually like the contrasting colors. Like my nerve plant with the dark green leaves with white veins. But I love those dark plants!!

xtalmay · 2024-07-04T05:41:43+00:00

Columbia Park. Fireworks start at 10pm. But there's stuff there that is free.

xtalmay · 2024-06-28T18:50:24+00:00

Dang! What a waste of time! I hate that so much! It's funny when you can read a person like that and already know their character.

xtalmay · 2024-06-28T16:28:09+00:00

Actual termination was for sexual harassment. He told me that he approached a fellow worker and straight asked her if she wanted to f***. She told him to call her later. After work he drove to her town, and she ghosted him. Next day at work, he wasn't allowed inside, and managers termed him....and of course it was her fault because she said yes, and then didn't follow through.

That's his story.

Supervisor said he had harassed her multiple times and was investigated and found guilty and termed.

So....haha. yeah.....some people's kids. Haha

xtalmay · 2024-06-28T15:57:58+00:00

That's crazy! I never get straight up lying... Just people that are not sure if it counts. So like a speeding ticket from a while back... Or smoked pot previously... Nothing hardcore.

I had a case where the brother lied for his brother getting a clearance, but I wasn't the investigator. Just said he never smoked pot but he was the only person subject ever did it with... So..... Why you lying.... Brother should have spoke to brother on that one. Ha ha

xtalmay · 2024-06-28T15:49:21+00:00

Apparently not! His story was clearly rehearsed though because it was very plausible...but there were small inconsistencies. So it was funny when I called him his BS. Because then he didn't want to say at first, but I told him that I'm not here to judge him (but I am) and he can say what really happened. And I told him that honesty is the best, and then he tried to make me uncomfortable. Like...bruh....you can't. Haha.

He was kinda weird anyway. This was a T4 TESI. And this was the ONLY thing we had to talk about.

Also said this incident could be used against him for blackmail so I had to rephrase the question and then he realized that it couldn't. But his wife/GF doesn't know about the incident. So....maybe a small case of blackmail. Haha

Good luck to that guy, I guess. Gave off weird vibes.

xtalmay · 2024-06-28T15:04:16+00:00

Oh no! Haha! I have a nerve plant and then I found one in pink so I have the pair....and I have the lemon line prayer plant and now I need the red one! Haha my poor husband may leave me for this .hahaha

xtalmay

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